Another week of a little of everything. The two January workshops finally began. Tomorrow I’m teaching my second webinar of the month. Besides teaching I’ve also been taking my own writing classes. Nicest thing is I can study the lessons at my own pace and leisure. Today I completed edits for my next release, A…
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Friday Ramblings From An Author-It’s Cold
It’s really, really, really cold where I’m at. And yes, I know a writer shouldn’t rely on so many adverbs. However, unless you’ve experienced temperatures with a minus in front of them it’s almost impossible to tell you how cold it actually is. Bad news about the weather but the good news is being inside’s…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-First of the Year
Welcome to 2015. With so many holidays and days off I’ve lost track of what day it is. Tomorrow I kick off the New Year teaching a webinar then on Monday two workshops are supposed to begin but they might be pushed back another week in hopes that more people will register. If you know…
Monday Writing Prompts-Resolutions
The last prompt of the year and as you can guess it’s all about resolutions. Your character makes one. He or she hasn’t been successful in the past at keeping one but this year’s going to be different. What is their resolution and what extremes do they go to in order to keep it? Have…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Last Ramble of the Year
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Seems like it was over before it begun and now the countdown to the New Year begins. I’ve been trying to take some time off, watching shows on Netflix and holiday movies but I must confess I’m one of those writers who doesn’t feel right if go a day…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Six Days left Till Christmas
I’ve been saying that the whole year’s flown by but for some reason December’s gone by without me even noticing. At this time of year, and with nothing I can do outside, I spend time going through my old files and piles of notebooks. I’ve always kept a file of old clippings from newspapers and…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Another Release Day
Hard to believe that in two week’s time Christmas with be over and in three, it’s a brand new year. Have you thought about your writing goals for the year? I’m still working on mine. One thing I know is I’ll get back to some mystery writing and finish the two stories I started, well,…
Ventures in Self Publishing
If you’ve been a regular follower of my Friday Ramblings you know that this year I wrote a cookbook and have just self-published it. I won’t say it was easy work but it’s satisfying knowing that you have total control over your book, and yes you take both the accolades and blame if something’s not…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Cookbook is Launched
Welcome to December and the first rambling of the month. My cookbook was finally launched today. It’s already on sale on Amazon and hopefully will be popping up on more sites in the coming days and weeks. It was a long journey and cookbooks aren’t the easiest ones to write. However, having said that I’ll…
Five Things I Learned During NaWriNoMo
This year’s NaWriNoMo challenge is history. I took part for the second year and here are a few things I discovered about writing and also myself as a writer- Some Days Are Tough There were a few days where my fingers flew across the keys. Sometimes they found it hard to keep up with my…